collapse
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During the visit to the community centre they will meet retired emergency service workers who helped respond to the coal tip collapse, including a 96-year-old woman who was a police officer at the time.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Paris Henken, a US competitive sailor, said in a viral Instagram post that she had been a tenant of one of the buildings now on the brink of collapse.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Current demand is gangbusters, but spending is a game of chicken until multiple factor-of-10 improvements kick in and prices collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The yellow house on Seaside Walk began to collapse Sunday morning, according to two Long Beach Fire Department lifeguards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The scream builds inside, and I start kicking the leaves, the tree trunks, whatever is in my way until I slip and collapse onto a stump.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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A humanoid’s frantic attempts to stay upright—arms flailing, legs skittering—bears an uncanny resemblance to the choreographed collapses of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
It usually moves out to about 50 basis points, or collapses to zero.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
But by afternoon on a recent weekday, Josh Charles actually looks like he teleported to the past as he collapses into a seat inside his production trailer in upstate New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
To bridge that gap, standard quantum mechanics says that when a quantum system is measured or observed, its wavefunction collapses into a single definite outcome.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Abby collapses into me, laughing and panting, and we slide to the floor against the lockers.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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Two terminals were struck and their roofs partially collapsed, people familiar with the damage said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
A trio of storms since early September has put considerable strain on the historic Long Beach boardwalk, which collapsed further between 64th and 65th Place on Seaside Walk during a weekend of heavy surf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Images shared by local media showed that part of a hotel had collapsed in the town of Penonome, 150 kilometers southwest of Panama City.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Aaron says he got out of his van and collapsed in shock, before being taken to the ambulance where a paramedic told him: "We've stabilised her but you have a very, very sick little girl."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Goldman saleswoman made a weak effort to claim that, even as the index of subprime mortgage bonds collapsed, the market for insuring them hadn’t budged.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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An Israeli passenger, Yaniv Hayun, and a crew member broke into the cockpit, which the wounded Indian pilot may have unlocked before collapsing by the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Protection cannot be reduced indefinitely without systems collapsing," said Dominique Hyde, UNHCR's external relations chief.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Communities across all states bordering Wyoming face darkness, breathing difficulties and roofs collapsing under accumulated ash.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The newspaper said the parties have discussed compromises, including agreeing to keep Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. film studios separate for a period of time rather than immediately collapsing them into one unit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
If the thing started collapsing he wanted to be able to make it back to the High Hall.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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